[AISWorld] CFP RE4AI at REFSQ - 2nd International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Artificial Intelligence - Essen, Germany - April 12-15-2021

[Renata Guizzardi]

CALL FOR PAPERS – RE4AI 2021 



2nd International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Artificial Intelligence ( RE4AI ) 

[ https://sites.google.com/view/re4ai | https://sites.google.com/view/re4ai ] 



Co-located with the 27 th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering (REFSQ 2020), Essen, Germany, April 12-15, 2021. 

[ https://2021.refsq.org/ | https://2021.refsq.org/ ] 



Important Dates 

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Workshop Paper Submission: February 8, 2021 

Workshop Paper Notification: March 1, 2021 

Workshops: April 12, 2021 

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Nowadays AI is embedded in software and hardware systems, from everyday objects, such as cars, household appliances, wearable devices, to unmanned military vehicles and arms. Moreover, AI techniques such as Machine Learning are used by big tech players, as well as by startups that, for instance, provide business intelligence services to insurance companies. For several years (e.g. 2015 open letter and a document about research priorities), AI researchers have been manifesting their worries and recommendations for the responsible use of data, employment of discrimination-free algorithms, alignment of AI-based systems and technologies with human values and transparency. However, it is hard to imagine that AI systems will achieve these attributes without accounting for a strong emphasis on capturing and maintaining “the right” requirements, and making sure that the system is validated to properly meet such requirements. As the RE community is aware, this entails a myriad of methods and tools covering all RE activities, including requirements analysis, documentation and evolution. Nevertheless, many AI systems are today developed without much focus on the early development stages. In other words, most of the attention is put on combining different algorithms and heuristics, without however a more abstract view on what the system should deliver. As a result of the lack of RE support, the resulting system may be far from what is intended, leading to failing projects and systems that go rogue, which may ultimately cause harm to human individuals and society. 

The main goals of the RE4AI Workshop may be summarized as follows: 

- raising awareness in the RE community about the importance of RE in realizing Trustworthy AI systems; - bringing in the same room people from AI and RE industry and academia to discuss pressing issues, such as how RE can contribute to prevent AI systems to fail or to go rogue; - setting up the basis for collaboratively producing a report on the challenges, candidate solution paths, and research priorities regarding RE4AI ; - motivating cross fertilization between AI and RE works. 

To achieve these goals, we plan a workshop which mixes paper presentations and interactive sessions. 




Organizers 

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Renata Guizzardi, University of Twente, The Netherlands 

Jennifer Horkoff, Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Sweden 

Anna Perini, [ http://se.fbk.eu/perini | FBK, Center for Information and Communication Technology - ICT ] , Italy 




Angelo Susi, [ http://se.fbk.eu/perini | FBK, Center for Information and Communication Technology - ICT ] , Italy 




For more information, please see the RE4AI 2021 website at [ https://sites.google.com/view/re4ai | https://sites.google.com/view/re4ai  ] 




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Renata S.S. Guizzardi 
Núcleo de Estudos em Modelagem Conceitual e Ontologias (NEMO) - http://nemo.inf.ufes.br/ 
Laboratório de Tecnologias de Apoio a Redes de Colaboração (LabTAR) - http://www.labtar.net.br 
Living Lab Habitat - http://www.labtar.net.br/site/habitat/ 
Departamento de Informática, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brasil 
http://www.inf.ufes.br/~rguizzardi/ 


Renata S.S. Guizzardi 
Ontology and Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO) - http://nemo.inf.ufes.br/ 
Living Lab Habitat - http://www.labtar.net.br/site/habitat/?lang=en 
Computer Science Department, Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), Brazil 
http://www.inf.ufes.br/~rguizzardi/